Kirk Goldsberry
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And, like, the Sixers have two of the best young guards in the NBA, and that's a great place to be.
The Joel Embiid situation, like, he made some terrible plays down the stretch in that Denver loss, which was one of the more shocking results of recent NBA.
Like...
Who was the best player on that Nuggets team last night?
Pickett, I think.
Bruce Brown and Pickett.
The vibes are just very strange.
Yeah, I'm looking at their last 15 games.
I mean, they have won over their expected statistical profile all year long.
Like over the last 15 games, they're eight and seven.
That's pretty good.
But their net rating is negative five and they have the worst defense ever.
In the Western Conference outside of Utah in that time period.
Like they are, I don't know how they're doing it.
Obviously, when they win, they have some great offensive weapons to credit.
But dude, when you see the defensive numbers of the Los Angeles Lakers, this screams lottery to me.
I mean, when you're down there on defense, it's very hard to even make
They are maybe the best shooting team in the NBA, and they get to the free throw line more than anybody.
But even with those two incredible things I just said, they're 500.
They model like a 500 team, and somehow, to your earlier point, they're 22 and 11.